Atlanta Thrashers vs Carolina Hurricanes

Regular season · Thursday, February 21, 2008 · RBC Center

AtlantaThrashersNow the Winnipeg JetsAway

3–5

28–46

CarolinaHurricanesHome

XM 208 · SPSO

Game summary

The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Atlanta Thrashers 5–3 on Thursday, February 21, 2008 at RBC Center. The Hurricanes outshot the Thrashers 46–28.

Goals came from Ray Whitney, Eric Perrin, Ryan Bayda, Sergei Samsonov, Mark Recchi, Scott Walker, Keith Aucoin and Todd White.

Cam Ward made 25 saves on 28 shots for the win; Kari Lehtonen stopped 41 of 46.

Goals
ATL	0	2	1	3	28
CAR	0	3	2	5	46

Scoring

2nd period

Ray Whitney (25)Eric Staal (26)0–102:08 CAR
Eric Perrin (11)Marian Hossa (28), Vyacheslav Kozlov (18)1–103:48 ATL
Ryan Bayda (2)Tim Gleason (11), Scott Walker (12)1–204:59 CAR
Sergei Samsonov (7)Frantisek Kaberle (14), Trevor Letowski (4)1–312:25 CAR
Mark Recchi (11)Ilya Kovalchuk (28), Marian Hossa (29)2–316:42 ATL ·

3rd period

Scott Walker (7)Glen Wesley (5), Trevor Letowski (5)2–403:51 CAR
Keith Aucoin (4)Scott Walker (13), Ryan Bayda (1)2–508:35 CAR
Todd White (14)Ilya Kovalchuk (29), Mark Recchi (24)3–518:37 ATL

Team stats

ATLCAR

2846

47%53%

1/20/4

84

2121

156

34

911

Penalties

12:31 into the first periodAlexei Zhitnik · holding2 min
19:32 into the first periodPascal Dupuis · hooking2 min
7:33 into the second periodRay Whitney · tripping2 min
7:45 into the second periodMarian Hossa · hooking2 min
15:03 into the second periodSergei Samsonov · interference2 min
1:01 into the third periodGarnet Exelby · hooking2 min

Season series

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters

8Mark RecchiR	1	1	2	−1	2	0	0	0	–	18:41
17Ilya KovalchukL	0	2	2	−1	2	0	0	0	–	20:49
18Marian HossaR	0	2	2	−1	4	3	0	2	–	19:17
11Eric PerrinC	1	0	1	−1	3	2	1	0	46	18:41
12Todd WhiteC	1	0	1	0	4	1	0	0	45	19:36
13Vyacheslav KozlovL	0	1	1	0	3	0	2	0	–	13:46
9Pascal DupuisR	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	–	16:27
16Bobby HolikC	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	53	17:11
23Jim SlaterC	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	–	14:41
27Chris ThorburnR	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	–	05:01
29Brad LarsenL	0	0	0	−2	0	2	0	0	50	05:11
36Eric BoultonL	0	0	0	−2	0	1	1	0	–	05:23
2Garnet ExelbyD	0	0	0	−2	0	2	1	2	–	21:16
5Steve McCarthyD	0	0	0	−1	2	2	0	0	–	15:10
22Ken KleeD	0	0	0	−2	1	2	4	0	–	24:30
28Niclas HavelidD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	25:18
39Toby EnstromD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	24:38
77Alexei ZhitnikD	0	0	0	−1	0	1	2	2	–	07:33

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie
1Johan HedbergG		0	0	0	–	–
32Kari LehtonenG	L	46	41	5	.891	58:51

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes skaters

24Scott WalkerR	1	2	3	+3	3	1	0	0	–	15:41
18Ryan BaydaL	1	1	2	+3	5	2	0	0	–	13:47
19Trevor LetowskiR	0	2	2	+1	0	0	0	0	40	05:15
12Eric StaalC	0	1	1	0	5	1	0	0	58	23:23
13Ray WhitneyL	1	0	1	0	6	0	0	2	–	21:05
14Sergei SamsonovL	1	0	1	0	2	0	2	2	–	18:38
37Keith AucoinC	1	0	1	+2	2	2	0	0	36	16:14
2Glen WesleyD	0	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	–	16:27
5Frantisek KaberleD	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	–	17:23
42Tim GleasonD	0	1	1	+3	1	1	1	0	–	21:35
8Matt CullenC	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	60	20:36
16Andrew LaddL	0	0	0	0	2	6	0	0	–	17:43
26Erik ColeL	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	–	23:27
6Bret HedicanD	0	0	0	+3	0	0	0	0	–	20:49
7Niclas WallinD	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	–	18:52
28Wade BrookbankD	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	03:01
38Tim ConboyD	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	03:22
77Joe CorvoD	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	–	18:46

Carolina Hurricanes goalies
Goalie
30Cam WardG	W	28	25	3	.893	60:00
47John GrahameG		0	0	0	–	–